Schools, corrections, state police and Medicaid to be mostly exempted from new cuts, analyst says

By: Clark Corbin

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: February 4, 2026

Words: 1,496

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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The Idaho Legislature’s budget committee got its first look Tuesday at plans for additional new budget cuts that the state’s top budget official warns could lead to structural damage in state government programs and services.

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Last week, leaders of the Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, or JFAC, asked state agencies and departments to submit plans to cut their budgets by up to an additional …

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